NAGPUR: In a shocking incident a city school issued transfer certificates (TC) to two siblings without showing any cause or informing their parents beforehand. TOI had reported on July 5 that the Mahatma Gandhi Centennial primary school (MGC) in Jaripatka had refused entry to two of its students. After their father filed a complaint with the education department, the school sent the TC for both the kids by post without...
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As UT basks in RTE ‘success’, students sit in corridors, balconies & near toilet doors by Suchet Attri
The UT Administration might be congratulating itself over its achievement of having implemented the Right to Education Act (RTE) in the city but the actual situation in schools leaves much to be desired. The lack of basic infrastructure, including seating arrangements and classrooms, is defeating the basic purpose of the Act. The Government High School, Mauli Jagran, is one such school in the city that is bursting at its seam...
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-The Telegraph Calcutta July 13: The state government has made BEd compulsory for teachers of secondary and higher-secondary schools but offered a two-year window from the day of joining to new recruits without the degree. The announcement was made today in accordance with the provisions of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and will come into effect from this year. Although the government will allow those without BEd...
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-The Times of India LUCKNOW: The Mayawati government approved certain proposals catering to the social sector on Monday. The state gave green signal to regularization of the services of 1.24 lakh para-teachers in the state, besides appointing teachers on contract basis in around 70 boarding schools for children of Scheduled Tribes (STs). The cabinet approval paved way for regularising services of over 1,24,000 shiksha mitras (para-teachers) deployed in primary schools in...
More »Kids still await benefits of RTE Act by Binay Singh
It's been a year and three months since the right to education became an act (RTE Act), promising free and compulsory education to every child in the age group of 6-14 years. However, the act is yet to be implemented in Uttar Pradesh. The norms of the Right to Education Act say that the appropriate government and the local authority shall establish a school where it is not so established...
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